Comment by dx4100
14 hours ago
I have my phone set to silence Unknown callers. What did you have setup on the Pixel before to block them?
14 hours ago
I have my phone set to silence Unknown callers. What did you have setup on the Pixel before to block them?
That’s too heavy handed for me. I get valid calls that I need to answer that aren’t in my contacts.
The calls they flag as potential spam and telemarketers has been 100% accurate in my experience so i wish I could just silence those
Usually you are expecting these calls tho so you can turn off that feature when you do. If said person calls often, add them to your contacts.
They could also just easily enhance the feature right? It’s an extra if statement in the code. I get enough calls that it’s not practical to constantly edit a setting that’s like this. There’s nothing else in the settings app I change regularly, it’s mostly set and forget.
It’s much better to just silence every spam call manually instead of having to go into voicemail, listen , decide if I need to respond, hope that I’m acting quickly enough that the other person answers when I ring them back, etc. i imagine this works for a lot of people. But if you get enough calls, or get urgent calls for any reason, it’s not ideal.
For those that can’t imagine the use cases. Consider you are primary contact for your elderly parent. If they fall in the middle of the night you might be getting a call from any random number. Do not disturb isn’t an option and sometimes the EMS guys will call you from their personal cell phone. Even some services like home security will call from random numbers. If ask a plumber to come over, some random technician will call from their device to talk. If a potential client gets my number somehow, I’d prefer to answer versus them get my voicemail.
You have to also factor in that a lot of people don’t even like leaving voicemail so they don’t leave one and I’m left guessing if it mattered that
I just see if they leave a message. If they don’t, they’re sorted. If they do I can always call them back.
I need calls from unknown numbers (doctors, vendors, etc.) Pixel would flag spam calls and not ring, all the unknown-but-valid callers got through without issue.